Benefits of Fluid Power Systems

The core theme of Fluid Power Circuits is about producing quality schematics and fluid power circuit designs. This week I have been working on a particular application that by its functional requirements was quite straight forward, however, as the details started to evolve with how it is/was to operate, where it was intended to operate. My concerns started to increase to a point that internal alarms started going off, as always at this point it is about slowing down the project and to re-think the design outline.

Keeping calm and being an effective communicator?

Is there a correlation between keeping calm and being an effective communicator?

Have you heard the saying; “Anyone can communicate; however, it takes a special ability to be an effective communicator”

My interest in communication continues to expand, through observing how people (myself included) handle real or perceived pressure? The external expression of a human emotion is an interesting topic. In a sales role, living with pressure is part of the job function. For this week’s article, the question is how well do you project calmness under pressure?

I enjoy watching professional communicators articulate a key note message, they always […]

What is Fluid Degradation?

Ask an experienced engineer and the technical answer is something like: “Depends”because the environmental variables around the fluid will have an impact on its life usefulness.

Of course, they then introduce terms like ‘Fluid Degradation, by mechanical and thermal stress’; at this point, I think of the former politician Pauline Hanson’s famous statement “Please Explain”. Yes, I am gulity of looking for simple explanations, not too simple and not too complicated, so I thought I would try and articulate ‘What is Fluid Degradation?’ in my words.

Did you know 70% of machine/equipment failures are traced back to poor fluid quality?

In this day and age of fluid awareness does this statistic still surprise?

Given the multi -billion dollar Reliability Engineering industry that is dedicated to setting up maintenance programs to ensure machines are dependable and have an appropriate lifecycle. Yet, go into any hydraulic workshop scattered across the country, small or large and there are thousands of examples where a system has failed due to poor fluid quality.

Why? Is the fluid maintenance message not getting through?

Perhaps there are more machines then reliability engineers, or there is still the attitude, “She’ll be right mate” when it comes to fluid […]

Based on the millions of Sales Training articles/suggestions that scatters the web and bookstores; there is an underlining school of thought; “Selling is Easy”. If it is not easy; then you are doing something wrong!

I am challenged by this thinking, as a Sales Professional, getting told you are doing something wrong is often a big pill to swallow. […]

Article 8: What makes an Engineering Drawing, like a Fluid Power Schematic Valuable?

Genae Valecia Hinesman, posted an interesting article “10 Reasons Why Projects Go Above Budget” (www.chron.com) and there are thousands articles with similar story lines. A common theme through these articles is poor communication and lack of detail, is often cited as the leading cause for a project to run off the road.

The challenge: can this statistic be reduced and project target budgets achieved?

Let’s look at one of the inner blame centres: Engineering;

Engineers/Engineering departments often get invited to look at a hand sketch drawing idea from a […]

Article 6: Introduction to the amazing world of Fluid Power – Part 5 (Fluid)

As presented in Article 1: Introduction to the amazing world of Fluid Power – Part 1; we discussed the concept of using fluid to transfer mechanical energy into fluid power to perform a “Work” function. Touching on the four key fluid power elements Energy, Flow, Pressure and Fluid.

In this article we are going to expand further on this substance called; “Fluid”

The principal of using fluid to drive an actuator to create a work function to lift or turn an object has been a around for hundreds of years. The topic of Fluid in a fluid […]

Article 3 : Introduction to the amazing world of Fluid Power – Part 3 (Work)

Week 19, Article 3 : Introduction to the amazing world of Fluid Power – Part 3 (Work)

As presented in Article 1: Introduction to the amazing world of Fluid Power – Part 1 (History lesson) we discuss the concept of using fluid to transfer mechanical energy into fluid power to perform a “Work” function. We touched on the four key elements Energy, Flow, Pressure and Fluid.

Technical Selling – Article 1 – Introduction

Fluid Power Circuits.com.au represents two distinct business functions, firstly, it’s about providing a specialised skill set to help individuals/organisations with their fluid power applications. Secondary it’s about connecting with individuals at a level that represents a mutual business relationship of respect and trust.

In our structured business industry, we often hear this processed is referred by the term ‘Technical Sales Agents’, or more commonly as a Sales Engineer type role. Either way it’s about understanding the art and science of business communication. It does not matter how good your […]